Illegal Immigrants' Increased Birthrate Exacerbates Issue

From The Washington Post:

[T]he number of children born in the United States to illegal immigrants rose from 2.7 million in 2003 to 4 million in 2008.

Because any child born in the United States has a right to citizenship, the growing presence of these children is likely to complicate the debate over immigration policies aimed at their parents.

The growing presence of children of illegal immigrants in schools has also fueled concern over the cost of illegal immigration in many area communities where the foreign-born population has risen rapidly in the past decade.